Transportation Engineering Technician V

Transportation Engineering Technician V

Ready to put your engineering skills to work on complex, urban construction projects? Are you great with people and have a track record collaborating with multiple teams to get the job done? Parsons is now hiring a Technician V with a desire to work in a support role alongside the Project Manager on various construction projects that enhance the urban fabric of our community in Maryland.

This is the advanced technical or senior project management level of work performing a variety of complex engineering support tasks. Some positions in this classification are responsible for supervising staff. Specific duties depend on job assignments and may include serving as Project Engineer for large sized construction and maintenance projects; overseeing complex maintenance activities; serving as Assistant Project Engineer on major bridge and highway design projects; overseeing the development and performance of advanced soils and materials testing programs; serving as party chief on a survey crew, or exploration crew;

overseeing the development and advertisement of maintenance contracts, overseeing budget allocations statewide; or designing and coordinating major design and planning and traffic management projects. The employee is expected to give guidance and assistance to less experienced employees and may supervise a project team, crew or unit. Supervision is not a requirement when highly specialized expertise can be documented.

Minimum Qualification: Graduation from a standard high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate with eight year of experience technical engineering related work in the areas of design, traffic, construction, materials testing, engineering surveys, maintenance, or planning.

Licenses, Registration and Certifications:

Must have motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.

National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) certification, in-house certifications or state-sponsored, material-testing certification may be required for some positions.

Employees in this classification may be required to possess Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) certification for inspection of In-Service Bridges, or have the ability to acquire this certificate within a given time period.

Employees in this classification may be required to achieve certification in field testing procedures in concrete, soil aggregate and Hot Mix Asphalt within a given time period.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Ability:

Knowledge of basic engineering principles, practices, and methods; CADD using Microstation, manual drafting and surveying; design criteria, construction standards and inspection methods and techniques; Knowledge of statistical principles; algebra, geometry and the principles of basic mathematics used in engineering design, drawing and drafting;

Knowledge of AASHTO and other policies and procedures used in the design and construction of transportation projects;

Knowledge of Temporary Traffic Control Standards, National Electrical and Safety Codes, and Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices;

Knowledge of the principles and standards of highway, bridge and interchange design including geometrics, hydraulics, capacity, economics and traffic assignments;

Knowledge of materials and construction methods as they apply to the design of transportation projects;

Knowledge of AASHTO and ASTM test specifications and methods; Knowledge of effective supervisory methods and practices;

Skill in interpreting, analyzing, or preparing maps, deeds, plats, and plans; operating computers using Microstation and other related engineering software; Skill in the maintenance and operation of electronic and mechanical equipment used in performing complex technical engineering support tasks; reading and creating blueprints and engineering drawings, right of way plats, and plans, using CADD or manual processes;

Skill in reading and interpreting complex engineering drawings and computations;

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